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Letters Patent No. 71,920, datedI December 10, 1867.

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To ALL PERSONS To WHoM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

Be it known, that I, ENOS E. STOW, of Plantsville, in the county ofHartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Handles for Tea or Coffee-Pots, or other vessels forcontaining a liquid in a hot state; and I do hereby declare the same tobe fully described in they 'following specification, and represented inthe' accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a side elevation,

Figure 2 an odge view, and A Figure 3 a longitudinal section of atea-pot handle, as provided with my invention, the nature Aof which isto be found in making the handle tubular or hollow, and with aperturesin it for air to enter its bore, and pass out therefrom, such air, whilein circulation through the bore, serving to abstract heat from thehandle when it may be in a heated state, .I

The object of my invention or improvement is to preserve the handle ina. cool state, oro'ne in which it can be grasped by the hand of a personwith impunity, while. the tea-pot or vessel to which it may be appliedmay be in use or contain hot wa'ter.

In the drawings, A denotes such a handle, and b its bore, the handlebeing made hollow from end to end. One or moreranges or seriesofopenings or holes, c c c, are made through the rear and front sides ofthe handle, so that after it may be fixed to the pot or vessel air maypass through some of such openings into the interior or bore of thehandle, and out at others, the air so passing into the handle heiligmade to abstract heat from it, and conduct such heat away from it.- i lWhat I claim as my invention, is-

i A handle, as made hollow or tubular, and provided with openings in orthrough it, .that when applied to a pot or vessel warm or heated air maybe caused to pass into and through and out of such handle, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

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Witnesses:

STEPHEN WALKLEY, 0. W. S'row.

